Start Jauan Jennings or Darnell Mooney? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jauan Jennings over Darnell Mooney in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jauan Jennings at 4.7 points and Darnell Mooney at 4.0, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.7 fantasy points for Jauan Jennings, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jauan Jennings at 19.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Darnell Mooney, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Darnell Mooney at 17.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Jauan Jennings 0.6 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on the market projections.

Injury status

Jauan Jennings is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jauan Jennings played 75 percent of MIN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jauan Jennings, Week 1 against GB: 31 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 3 against TB: 47 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 4 against MIA: 74 of 78 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Through Week 4, Darnell Mooney played 57 percent of NYG snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 1 against DAL: 39 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 27 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 2 against LAR: 42 of 58 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 48 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 3 against TEN: 28 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jauan Jennings played 15 games for SF and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 462 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Jauan Jennings scored 0.0 PPR points and Darnell Mooney scored 3.4.

The call was wrong: Darnell Mooney outscored Jauan Jennings by 3.4.

Jauan Jennings finished 4.7 points below the 4.7 the market projected.

Jauan Jennings, Week 5 against NO: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney finished 0.6 points below the 4.1 the market projected.

Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards, 3.4 PPR points.

Darnell Mooney finished as the week's WR64 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Cody White over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Jauan Jennings over Derius Davis.
• Start Dyami Brown over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Derius Davis over Darnell Mooney.